Does anyone know how helpful lecturio is in regards to medical school?

[hgranger19]

Hi, does anyone know how helpful lecturio is in medical school? I've been receiving a lot of ads in regards to this website and it seems legit but I wanted to know the feedback in relation to how similar the material is in med school. If anyone has a lecturio account they'd be willing to share, that would also be great because I'm lowkey broke in paying their yearly subscription lol. Any website that you can share that may offer free videos in relations to subjects in medical school would be great to know!

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[DO2015CA]

If there was a negative helpfulness I’d give it that. There is blatant wrong information. They hired a couple of my classmates to review it and that’s all they complained about. Everyone said they would not buy it

 

[hgranger19]

If there was a negative helpfulness I’d give it that. There is blatant wrong information. They hired a couple of my classmates to review it and that’s all they complained about. Everyone said they would not buy it

Oh damn, really? Than what are some good free resources to use for med school biochemistry and anatomy/physiology?

 

[DO2015CA]

Oh damn, really? Than what are some good free resources to use for med school biochemistry and anatomy/physiology?

Free? Idk. Welcome to the world of medical education, everyone tries to steal money you don’t have. Umm I’d wait until school starts and then talk to second years. BRS (board review series) book is really good for relevant biochem. All of the second years gave us the pdf versions of all BRS books which I highly recommend for cardiology as well as biochem. Anatomy isn’t highly tested on boards so really class lectures are good. Then for physiology, you will again do BRS, lectures (if your school is a board relevant one), or physio is a popular video website people use. Physio came out after my level/step 1 but I have heard very good things about it for learning purposes.

 

[EmilKraepelin55]

I agree. I used Lecturio only some and found it marginally helpful at best and wrong at the worst. Wasted money on my part.

 

[wxman]

I agree. I used Lecturio only some and found it marginally helpful at best and wrong at the worst. Wasted money on my part.

I can’t recommend it. Unethical business practices, particularly because they are located outside of the United States. Their customer service is horrendous. Do not purchase their product.

 

[Goro]

If there was a negative helpfulness I’d give it that. There is blatant wrong information. They hired a couple of my classmates to review it and that’s all they complained about. Everyone said they would not buy it

It's not merely that. It's an entire series of people droning away, when you already pay for that with your own lectures. Lecturio doesn't add anything you're missing. Their practice question banks were also poor.

You can find free and better materials on YouTube.

 

[Medic741]

Physeo - HY anatomy, biochem
BnB for systems
Sketchy path/phys/pharm for the rest

You’ll end up paying thousands of dollars for high quality content & study aids it’s just something you get used to

 

[Goro]

Physeo - HY anatomy, biochem
BnB for systems
Sketchy path/phys/pharm for the rest

You’ll end up paying thousands of dollars for high quality content & study aids it’s just something you get used to

My students rave about Sketchy

 

[deleted671261]

Pathoma is a must-have and it's cheap ($89) (for any new students--OP probably knows this by now).
Lecturio has been helpful for me for embryology. It's on sale right now, btw!

 

[Mindyaown]

Check out ninja nerd on YouTube he has a lot of great content on multiple subjects! Long videos is the downside though

 

[snowcrawler85]

Check out ninja nerd on YouTube he has a lot of great content on multiple subjects! Long videos is the downside though

Ninja nerd <3
Long videos but you can still understand at 1.5-2 speed.

 

[asdf123g]

Boards and beyond. Worth it.

 

[burkemil]

Im doing research on SDN for lectures and books .. Im an attending and just want some refreshments!
So far Ive seen these recommended :
Strong Medicine (youtube)
Handwritten Tutorials (youtube)
Armando Hasudungan (youtube)
Board review series
Physio
Pathoma
Ninja Nerd (youtube)
Sketchy

 

[slowthai]

Im doing research on SDN for lectures and books .. Im an attending and just want some refreshments!
So far Ive seen these recommended :
Strong Medicine (youtube)
Handwritten Tutorials (youtube)
Armando Hasudungan (youtube)
Board review series
Physio
Pathoma
Ninja Nerd (youtube)
Sketchy

You're missing one of the main ones; I just made a thread about it recently, lol: BnB. There's also Pixorize, which is good for brute forcing the minutiae of biochem and immuno.

The ones I bolded from your list are in vogue right now, especially Pathoma and sketchy, along with BnB.

 

[FrkyBgStok]

Is Najeeb still a thing? Those videos were long but super helpful.

 

[calivianya]

Maybe a minority but I used Lecturio pretty extensively during my first year and I ended up in the top 1/4 of my class. It’s actually more detailed than you need to know in a lot of the disciplines (anatomy and biochem, I’m looking at you). I really used Lecturio in place of class lectures for both physio classes, too, and I pulled As.

I don’t think it’s a must, though. You can find a lot of the same info other places. I used it a little bit during second year, mostly if I wanted to find a video on a really specific topic I didn’t think was explained well enough on UWorld. I didn’t really run into any wrong info that I’m aware of, but I guess I just didn’t know what I didn’t know. Also did fine on boards (247/735) so they didn’t do me too dirty.


I actually go out of my way to recommend their cranial videos. I think that’s all the cranial I needed to know to do well on cranial on the OMM comat and the comlex level 1. They do the hand movements and the movements of the SBS and the axes of rotation, which were 99% of the cranial I was tested on and they explained it way better and faster than my class lectures. Also 100% got a COMAT question right because they gave the exact scenario that I got on the COMAT for that particular cranial dysfunction.

edit: LOL, didn’t realize this thread was old.

 

[Med.School.Hopeful]

Sketchy and Pathoma aren’t helpful until M2 correct?

M1 and right now I’m using Lecturio, BnB, Costanzo, and BRS series for practice questions. Might try out Michigan Med too.

 

[deleted1005514]

Sketchy and Pathoma aren’t helpful until M2 correct?

M1 and right now I’m using Lecturio, BnB, Costanzo, and BRS series for practice questions. Might try out Michigan Med too.

Depends on your curriculum, mine starts bugs and drugs in M-1, so sketchy is a must. Pathoma for us is slightly useful but only for an introduction to pathology.

 

[futurebostondoc227]

Sketchy is helpful whenever you start learning micro. I didn’t use sketchy pharm until second year though. The resources you mentioned are good for first year

 

[JSReed]

My school gives us lecturio for free and has started including their Q bank questions (verbatim) on our exams, so decently experienced.

It's actually trash. Most of their lecturers are too slow even at 2x, and they spend forever on the most superficial stuff. They try to do tie-ins with FA, but its definitely not a very well-thought-out or contiguous methodology. Q bank literally contradicts FA on a lot of stuff, which I'm pretty sure is a cardinal sin in pre-clinical. I literally get it for free and still refuse to use it, that should say enough about its quality.

Alternatives: UFAPS (particularly pathoma/sketchy), B&B for stuff you don't understand, Ninja nerd at 2x for physio/anatomy. Anki to help you remember (personal preference, but I find this super effective) and then bomb the Q banks literally the minute you start systems.